marquis of jingan

Chapter 609
Master Shen glanced at the young woman in front of him with great interest, then looked at the gift list in her hand, and said with a smile: "Why, the Fuzhou nobles want to openly bribe this imperial envoy?"

"It's not a bribe."

The woman surnamed Ye lowered her head slightly, and her voice was soft and gentle: "On behalf of Fuzhou Prefecture, I would like to express my gratitude to the Imperial Envoy and the Anti-Japanese Army. Fuzhou Prefecture has been harassed by Japanese pirates for many years. Waiting for the Fuzhou gentry, I am really grateful."

"These were put together by dozens of families from our Fuzhou Prefecture. They can be regarded as some thoughts for the Imperial Envoy and the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army."

Master Shen stretched out his hand to take the gift list, and after unfolding it, he glanced at it briefly.

The content of the gift list is very long, and there are probably hundreds of gifts in it.

But the top few are very conspicuous.

There is a mansion with two spans and three entrances in the east of Fuzhou city.

A set of pens, inks and inkstones used by Su Xueshi, a famous artist in the former dynasty.

And... 20 taels of cash.

Apart from these three things, the rest are some small gadgets. Although they can be called precious, they are a bit insignificant compared with the above three items.

To be honest, this gift is very heavy.

And it's delivered very well.

Whether the 20 taels of cash belonged to Shen Yi or to the Anti-Japanese Army is a matter of debate, but the mansion of the Fuzhou Mansion and the valuables from the previous dynasty must have been given to Shen Yi, so there is no controversy.

Although the mansion in Fuzhou City is not as expensive as Jiankang, this mansion is much larger than the mansion awarded to Shen Yi by the emperor. In terms of value alone, it should not be much inferior, and it may even be even more expensive. Of.

As for the objects used by famous people in the previous dynasty...

This thing is an absolute killer for civil servants, or for scholars, and no scholar would not be envious after seeing it.

Even Shen Yi couldn't help but twitch his eyelids after seeing this list.

After taking a deep breath, he still handed back the list in his hand, and then said flatly: "You don't get paid for nothing."

"I fought against the Japanese army to suppress the Japanese because I obeyed the emperor's order to wipe out the Japanese pirates in the coastal provinces. It was not for the city of Fuzhou. This gift is too expensive, and this official will never accept it."

Ye Chan blinked her eyes, a little pitiful: "Master Imperial Envoy, this is a little kindness from the Fuzhou gentry, even if you don't want other gifts, you have to accept the cash, and it would be good to give some more money to the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army of."

Master Shen glanced at the Fuzhou woman indifferently, and then said lightly: "Miss Ye, it is a felony to pay the military salary without going through the court. Don't you want to harm me?"

Theoretically speaking, the imperial court's salary should be paid by the Ministry of Households, or the Ministry of Households allocated money to the Ministry of War, and then the Ministry of War distributed it.

But the Anti-Japanese Army is actually different.

Because the Ministry of Household Affairs refused to give money to the anti-Japanese army from the very beginning, so until now, the money for the anti-Japanese army has basically been distributed by Master Shen himself.

And the reason why he said what he just said was just prevarication.

"If the Fuzhou gentry really have this kind of thought, why don't they just donate money to the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of War."

Miss Ye's face darkened a bit, she lowered her head slightly, and saluted Shen Yi: "Master Imperial Envoy, no matter whether you accept this gift list or not, I would like to invite you to dinner, just to express my heart..."

Shen Yi glanced at the woman with a half-smile, and said lightly: "It's okay to eat, but I need you Fuzhou gentry to find someone who can talk to me. I won't eat with a girl."

Ye Chan's complexion changed slightly: "Your Imperial Envoy looks down on women?"

"It's not about looking down on women."

Master Shen was expressionless: "I'm afraid that you will smear me with your personal name. Shen has a future, but he can't use it to have this meal with Miss Ye."

After hearing the words "Private name insults me", Ye Chan's face suddenly turned red. She raised her head, glanced at Shen Yi bitterly, and gritted her teeth, "It's too much for the imperial envoy to say that." People look small, although the little girl is a daughter, she has been taking care of her father's family for two or three years, so she may not be worse than your men!"

Hearing this, Shen Yi glanced at the little girl in front of him with some surprise.

You know, this is an absolute, patriarchal era without any controversy.

In this era, even the empress dowager, the mother of the emperor, sometimes had to make concessions to her son in some aspects, and slowly cede the power in her hands.

And the other women, let alone.

The woman in front of her is already very remarkable even if she only manages one family.

"That leaf girl is going to take care of the house herself."

Master Shen smiled slightly and said: "As for the matter of eating, I'm a bit busy recently, so let's talk about it when I'm free."

After all, Master Shen took a look at Ling Su behind him, and Ling Su immediately understood, and asked the more than 100 anti-Japanese soldiers behind him to clear a path for Shen Yi, and Shen Yi led Ling Su and Jiang Sheng, and left the execution ground swaggeringly , walk away.

After leaving the execution ground, Shen Yi and others found a restaurant to eat in Fuzhou City. When ordering food, Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to call Duan Chong from the newspaper department of the mansion. Arriving at the scene, Shen Yi pointed to the empty seat opposite him, motioning for Duan Chong to sit down.

Duan Chong sat down cautiously, then slightly bowed his head to Shen Yi and said, "Si Zheng, what are your orders to your subordinates?"

"There is a Ye family in Fuzhou City..."

Shen Yi glanced at Duan Chong and asked, "Do you understand?"

"Know some."

Duan Chong answered very modestly.

Shen Yi stretched out his hand to pick up a mouthful of vegetables, and said lightly: "Tell me about it."

Duan Chong nodded slightly, and then said: "This Ye family is also a century-old family in Fuzhou City. It has been four or five generations since the ancestors established their business in Fuzhou."

"Someone from the Ye family is also an official in the imperial court. It should be a magistrate now. It seems to be a magistrate of a big place, but the specific prefecture, the subordinates will not remember for a while."

Master Shen nodded slightly, and then asked: "I saw someone from the Ye family today, and the person in charge seems to be a woman. What's the situation?"

When Duan Chong heard this, a smile appeared on his face: "Originally the man was in charge, but the head of the Ye family had a typhoid three years ago. Fortunately, the treatment was timely and he survived by luck. He could only lie on the bed and recuperate Come on, don't worry about it."

"Because my son was still young, the Ye family was taken over by the daughter of the owner of the Ye family. I heard that in order to manage the family affairs, this young lady Ye pushed off the engagement and concentrated on managing the family business. In the past three years, The Ye family didn't collapse, on the contrary, it became more and more prosperous under her hands."

Shen Yi nodded slightly.

It turned out to be a girl with yellow flowers.

No wonder she reacted so violently after she said that "private name" just now.

But no matter what, this Ye family has problems after all.

Master Shen is not the kind of animal that thinks from the lower body. Although he feels that this woman's experience is a bit strange, he still knows what to do.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi waved to Duan Chong, and said with a smile: "It's already here, so don't rush away, let's sit down and eat and drink together."

Duan Chong quickly shook his head: "Sizheng, this subordinate has eaten..."

"Then have a drink with us."

Shen Yi looked at Ling Su, smiled and said: "By the way, I will also have a good drink with General Ling, and you will have many opportunities to work together in the future."

The leader had already spoken, Duan Chong naturally had no reason to refuse, and besides, he, the person in charge of the mansion's newspaper department, actually had no rank, and being able to drink with Ling Su, a fourth-rank military officer, was actually Shen Yi's praise for him.

Ever since, Duan Chong stood up cautiously, filled himself with wine, first toasted Shen Yi, then Ling Su, and drank it all in one gulp, very happily.

After all, he is in a lower position, and he is not qualified not to drink in the wine market.

……

Because Shen Yi and the others ate late, after a meal of wine, it was already halfway through the afternoon, and Duan Chong drank too much wine, almost unconscious, so Shen Yi asked two anti-Japanese soldiers to carry Duan Chong, and then a group of people wandered back to their residence in Fuzhou City.

Everyone had just arrived at the gate of the house, before entering the house, they saw a young woman with two servants standing quietly at the gate, as if waiting for someone.

Ling Su frowned slightly, took a step forward and said, "Mr. Shen, I'm going to drive people away."

Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "Take Duan and rush in, and I'll ask her a few words."

Ling Su hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Yes."

After that, he helped Duan and rushed into the house.

This young woman is naturally Ye Chan from the Ye family.

At this moment, Miss Ye also saw the figures of Shen Yi and the others. She rushed forward, walked in front of Shen Yi in three or two steps, and respectfully wished Shen Yi a blessing, with a hoarse voice: "Concubine I have met the imperial envoy."

Shen Yi took a serious look at her, only to see that the corners of the woman's eyes were slightly red, as if she had just cried.

The woman plucked up her courage, looked up at Shen Yi, then lowered her head and said: "The imperial envoy is afraid that meeting the little girl in private will affect his reputation. At this time, it is broad daylight and we are outdoors. You are not afraid, are you?"

Master Shen touched his chin thoughtfully, and then asked: "Miss Ye is looking for me, what is the matter?"

"I want to talk to my lord about the pirates."

After saying this, she glanced back at the two servants, gritted her teeth slightly: "Back off."

The two servants immediately lowered their heads and retreated about ten steps away.

Ye Chan then raised her head to look at Shen Yi, her eyes were a little red: "Mr. Shen, I know that you have a letter from the Ye family to the Japanese pirates..."

For Shen Yi, there are indeed letters between these four families and the Japanese pirates.

To be precise, Ling Su collected it from the Japanese pirates' lair.

It is precisely because of this that he rushed to Fuzhou to deal with this case.

When she said this, she bowed her head deeply and said with tears: "But my lord, that was already a few years ago, a few years ago..."

Ye Chan gritted her teeth: "A few years ago, how could people in Fuzhou Prefecture think that there would be a royal master from the imperial court coming down to wipe out the Japanese pirates..."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes: "So you guys know Japanese?"

"My lord, that's not Tongwo!"

Ye Chan became excited. She looked up at Shen Yi with a trembling voice: "My lord, you haven't done business along the coast, you don't know..."

"A few years ago, if you didn't say hello to the Japanese pirates, you wouldn't even be able to go to sea with a ship..."

"Our Ye Family..."

She choked with sobs and said, "A big family also needs to eat, my lord..."

(End of this chapter)